Police find $500K of stolen cars in Sayreville warehouse

SAYREVILLE - A LoJack signal helped a local police officer locate a warehouse stocked with several stolen cars valued at more than half a million dollars, police said.

The discovery Saturday afternoon could spark a multi-agency probe, according to police spokesman Detective Matthew Bandurski, since investigators believe the cars were to be placed in containers and shipped overseas from the Hartle Road warehouse.

Police came across the warehouse around 12:40 p.m. Saturday, Bandurski said, when an officer patrolling Jernee Mill Road received a LoJack alert signal and followed it back to the locked warehouse. After calling the owner to gain access, Sayreville police entered the warehouse garage to find several luxury cars, including a Mercedes 500 valued at roughly $160,000, that had been reported stolen in recent weeks from New York, Pennsylvania and Arizona.

In all, police found a 2009 Lexus, a 2010 Mercedes AMG, a 2010 Mercedes ZZZ, the 2010 Mercedes 500, an "international truck" that was reported stolen in Arizona and various spare car parts.

Bandurski said the owner of the complex was not facing criminal charges as of last night, but could not comment on the evidence that led police to believe the cars were being shipped out of the country, citing the ongoing investigation.